Sumer Or Later, I’m Going To Get You HIGH A new stealth-strategy title! Flamboyant, powerful character abilities. LOW Enemy setups are not always interesting. Experience system is underbaked. WTF Injecting guards with a body-dissolving acid! Anybody mourning the 2023 closure of Mimimi, the studio that revived the stealth strategy genre […]
HIGH Great characters, great superhero vibes, great concepts.
LOW The frustration and annoyance of the pre-patch experience.
WTF How did the “Never Meet Your Heroes” level pass the sniff test?
Into The Immaterium HIGH Great story for a turn-based strat, and the Grey Knights are quite cool. LOW Key elements are under-explained. An overcomplicated RNG drop system. WTF The final battle goes hard for ‘epic’ and ends up closer to ‘JFC.’ Being a fan of Warhammer 40K videogame adaptations is […]
This is a transcript excerpt covering the score awarded to Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on the So Videogames podcast, episode 307: The Worst Way To Run.
The developer of Homicidal All-Stars, Artificer, claims a notable pedigree when it comes to turn-based tactics games, being made up of team members who worked on Hard West and Phantom Doctrine.
Welcome to This Is Not A Review. In these articles we discuss general impressions, ideas and thoughts on any given game, but as the title implies, it’s not a review. Instead, it’s an exercise in offering a quick recommendation (or dismissal) after spending enough time to grasp the ideas and gameplay of a thing without necessarily playing it from A to Z.
The subject of this installment: Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition, developed and published by Snapshot Games.
HIGH The fusion of two strategy types is a joy.
LOW A 97% chance to hit means nothing.
WTF Goblins of the world unite.
HIGH The game mostly works!
LOW It mostly works.
WTF Sure, don’t explain what those meters do until the end of the game.
HIGH Mutating my crew until they were as beastly as the enemies.
LOW The slow start.
WTF Random character generation can have unintentionally racist results!
HIGH The writing and worldbuilding is frequently fantastic.
LOW The bugs are bad, but the loading times are worse.
WTF One of the skill paths is dedicated to… repairing toasters.